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Volume VI
FIXING VALUES
OF OIL LEASES
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DECIDE
ON METHODS TO BE USED IN
MAKING ASSESSMENTS. '
LEASEHOLDER IS TO PAY
Rule Used In Taxing Lumber Landa to
Be Followed—Commissioners Will
Visit Electra Field.
Oil leases in the Electra oil field will
be valued for taxation on the basis of
what they would have sold for at vol-
untary sale on the first day of Janu-
ary, less the same percentage that gov-
erns the valuation of other property
. in the country. —This was the under-
standing reached at an informal con-
—ference of the—commisiseners’court
this morning with County Tax Assess-
or John Robertson. Only leases that
have an actual market value will be
assessed. No attempt will be made to
place a value on wildcat leases scat-
tered over the county.
• It had been suggested by some that
the value of the leases should be as-
sessed against the owner of the land.
The tax would then become a lien
against the land and would lead to vex-
atious complications. A guide was
found after a search of the statutes
in a law governing the assessment of
timber lands. This law provides that
timber leaseholds shall be assessed at
their actual market value, that is the
price they would sell at if offered at
voluntary sale.
On this basis the tax will be a lion
against the leasehold Itself and will
not cloud the title to the land further
than the leasehold Itself is a cloud.
7 Pipe lines, tanks, oil, oil in storage,
derricks, machinery, etc., will be as-
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Wichita Ollailn Times.
WICHITA FALLS. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MAY 16th 1912
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EIGHT PAGES TODAY
Number 3
BAPTIST CONVENTION
HEARS MANY REPORTS
Heavy contributions to Missionary
Work During Past Year—Women
Also Meet.
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, May 16.—The South-
ern Baptist Conveution assembled
this morning at 9 o'clock, with only
actual messengers in the convention
hall. The visitors from the region
beyond the Southern states will be
introduced later.
The Women's Missionary Union
Auxiliary to the Baptist convention
met today. Each of 18 states is en-
titled to twenty elegates. The treas-
urer's report submitted this morn-
gave to foreign missions $156,846.41;
home missions, $97,557; Sunday
School board, $1,574. President Fan-
nie E. Heck of North Carolina; deliv-
ered-the-ammn address.-------
That the year just ended was the
most successtul-imanclally in the hiss
tory of the Home Mission board of the
LOOT BELIEVED
TO BE $200,000:
AMOUNT SECURED BY MISSISSIP-
PI BANDITS ESTIMATED AT
THAT SUM.
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• WEATHER REPORT. 4
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West Texas — Tonight fslr •
snd warmer; Friday fair and 4
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BOY'S CAMP AT
LAKE IS ASSURED
SOUTHERN BRANCH OF
PRESBYTERIANS MEETS
BODY OF KING
IS TAKEN HOME
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FORT WORTH, DENISON, GAINES-
VILLE AND CHILDRESS ASSO-
CIATIONS TO TAKE PART.
LARGEST EVER RECORDED
IS TO DE HELD IN JUNE
No Arrests Yet—One Package Alone is
Declared to Have Contained
$140,000 In Currency.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, May 16—The two
masked bandits who early yesterday
morning -held up the fast New York
Limited near Hattiesburg, Miss., made
General Assembly Begins st Bristol,
Tenessee and Retiring Moderator
Delivers Sermon.
By Associated Press
Bristol, Tenn., May 16.—Deprecation
of the spectacular in religious work
and sensational methods in the pulpit,
and an appeal for conservative Christ-
Ian activity by humble spiritually-
minded men, were the keynotes of the
sermon with which Rev. Dr. Russell
Cecil, the Moderator, opened the ses-
BRIEF FUNERAL SERVICE HELD
IN THE HOTEL AT HAM-
BURG.
FUNERAL-AT COPENHAGEN
perhaps the richest haul in the history,
train robbers.
- “-I ly ponitiely-known that from the
express safe they .secured more than
80 packages of-currenoyr one contain-
Ing more than $50,000. According to
Southern Baptist convention was
shown in the annual report of the
board made to the convention today.
While the board ended the year with
a deficit of about $12,000, the report
showed that it collected, during the
fiscal year ending April 30, $366,000,
or about $23,000 more than was rais-
ed last year, for mission work in the
Southern states, parts of Illinois and
New Mexico, and In Cuba and Pana-
ma. The report states that during
the past year there were employed
by the board, eighteen trained evan-
gelists, fifty-five workers' among for-
eigners, 37 missionaries among the
negroes, 27 in Cuba and five in the
Canal Zone. The total number of
the passengers who returned to New
Orleans today, Express Messenger
Gray stated one package in the car
contained $140,000.
Officials of the Southern Express
company deny this, but the general
belief Is that the total booty secured
exceeded $200,000.
The railroad and express officials
have ordered that no expense be spar-
ed In running down the robbers and a
force of sleuths are pitted against each
other in an effort to catch them. The
detectives believe the robbery was the
work of professional bandits and mem-
bers of the gang which has been oper-
CHIEF VIC STAMPFLI
, who led successful tight at Austin.
FIRE MEN MEET
■ting in the South for several months -
If Successful, win Be Made Annual
Affaire-Acceptance* Received By
. Secretary Ano -son. Isions of the General Assembly of the
More than a hundred boys from Presbyterian Church in the United
Fort Worth, Denison, Gaines., lle and States here this mornins "What are
Childress will spend a week at Lake known as magnitice’N successes, the
Wichita In camp next month. finest effects of eloquent # ‘etailes ov-
The camp will be under the manage- erflowing and thousands apparently
ment of the Y. M. C. A. and there will converted, are not always evidences
be instruction in physical and spirit of the growth of the Kingdom, Dr.
ual work. C. W. Saam of Fort Worth CeriFHecmren.No donor dot’s son
will be the physical director and Mr. “ has often been present in such
Scheffer, secretary of the boys de scenes hiring the past history ofthe
partment of the Fort'Worth Y. M c.church, and great revivals are with
A. will have charge of the religious out question one of the divinely chos-
instruction. Secretary Anderson of en methods for the enlargement of
the Wichita Falls Y. M. C. A. will have the kingdom. But such manliestat
general charge of the arrangement ions are often deceptive and need to
tor camp, be carefully scrutinized.
Mr. Anderson received a letter from “The assurance of Faith In Christ-
Fort Worth this morning saying that ian Work” was Dr. Cecil’s subject,
fifty boys were coming from that place anil he chose as his text, Luke 10:20.
alone. Gainesville and Denison are | "We are living in an age which is
expected to send good sized delega- clamorous for results at all hazards,
tions and several are expected from The humble spiritually-minded man
Childress.
who is not mad over new methods and
Widowed P
Membe
f
Py
PHONES
a.4% May 16.—The body of
King Frederick VIII of Denmark who
died here under tragic circumstances
Tuesday night was, started ou its
journey to Copenhagen at 8 o’clock
thisumorning.,A brief funeralservice..
took place in the rooms of The hotel be-
fore the casket was carried down the
stairs. The, widowed queen Coullia
left the hotel on the arm of Prince
Harold, her third son. The queen lie-
fore the casket was removed left the
room of the hotel and in a voice break-
ing with emotion addressed the mem- ,
tiers of the Danish colony assembled
here. She reminded them of the
pleasure her husband had always
found in visiting Hamburg and thank-
ed them for their kindness since Lis
death.
sessed as personal property, separate
from the leaseholds.
The value of the percentage of min-
eral and oil that, under lease, would
go to the owner of the land will be
assessed against the land. For in-
stance, a piece of land at Electra which
was assessed last year for $15 an acre
will be assessed this year at $50 per
acre, the owners one eighth interest
in the oil produced from the land ar
counting for the increase In the value.
It is probable that the county tax
assessor and the commissioners’ court
will lake an especial trip to Electra to
get some idea of the value of the leas-
es. It is believed that by being on the
ground they can arrive at a more equit-
able valuation.
In making the assessments, undevel-
oped leases near the proven field will
be assessed as well as those on which
wells are already drilled. In some
other counties in the state this is not
done, only producing properties being
* assessed. The commissioners here
thought this would be discriminating
against those who had gone ahead and
developed their leases and in favor of
the lease holder who waited for the
other fellow to make hla property val-
uable.
In Clay county it was shown that
the method in fixing the valuation was
to multiply the average daily produc-
tion by 100 to represent the number of
pumping days in the year and to mul-
. tiply this by one dollar. The result,
was a figure at which producing leases
in that county are assessed.
After the commissioners’ together
with the oounty taxfassessor place a
value on the leases and pipe lines and
personal property of the oil companies
they will set a date for a hearing at
- which representatives of the compa-
nies and lease holders may appear to
show cause why the valuations should
missionaries suported wholly or In
part by the board was 1,309, of whom
269 were maintained entirely by the
Home Board.
One of the most important phases
of its work* the board points out, is
that of school training for mountain
children. It conducted last year a
system of 29 secondary $ mounta’n
schools for the youth among the
backward people of the southern high-
lands. In which there were 5,000 stu-
dents and with a property valuation
of more than half a million dollars.
Resultant upon the work of the
Home Mission board during the last
fears were 26,899 baptisms and 47,728
additions to the church. Its mission-
aries organised 201 churches and
there were 683 volunteers for mission
work and the ministry.
The report recommended the Insti-
tution of a campaign to secure $501,
0U0 for a church building loan fund, to
aid in erecting churches in needy
places, it being shown that there are
3,000 houseless Baptist churches in
the convention. The inauguration of a
plan for the vitalization and enlist-
ment in Christian work of backward
churches, also was strongly urged.
"The Baptists.” the report states,
“are a very numerous and influential
people in the South, and they accept
their full share of the responsibility
for the inspiration of society in this
district, with ideals that are high and
for maintaining among the people a
Christian life that shall have virility
enough to permeate with high moral
purpose the marvelous powers of the
present intense industrial 1 civiliza.
tion.” 4
The Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist convention reported
to the convention today that during
the fiscal, year ending. April 30 the
past. The description of the two men
taillies with that of the pair which held
up the Mobile and Ohio near Cornice,
Miss., in February.
CONGESTION IN TRUCK
— FARMING SECTIONS.
By Associated—Press.
Corpus Christi, May 16.—The im
mense truck crops offered for ship-
ment from lower Rio Grande sections
has caused considerable congestion
of railroad traffic in the vicinity of
Corpus, Christi. Hundreds of cars of
cabbage, cucumbers and oniions are
awaiting transportation facilitaties.
President B. F. Yoakum and other of-
ficials of the Frisco system are en-
deavoring to relieve the congestion.
HERE IN 1913
WICHITA LANDS NEXT YEAR’S
CONVENTION OF STATE
ASSOCIATION.
Sherman and Dallas had been ex- is reluctant to adopt the latest novel,
pected to join in the camp here but ty is regarded as too conservative and
Mr. Anderson has been notified (that reactionary, and as an constructionist
they have made other arrangements. In the way of progress. Only the big
June 10th to 18th inclusive are the movement, the spectacular, the sen-
dates selected tor the camp. The boys sational should claim serious attention
will live In tents and will cook their Casting out demons and working oth-
SUES CITY FOR $3000
ON ACCOUNT OF INJURY
own meals in camp.
er miracles, that was the coveted
It is planned to make the camp an power in our Lord’s day; that was
annual affair and to enlist all the what drew the multitude together, and
Y. M: C. A.’s in North Texas in the filled the minds of men with amaze-
LA GRANGE IS DEFEATED "=.................
ALUMINUM COMPANY IS
WILL SPEND $100,000
Success Finally Attends Efforts to
Land This Meeting After Several
Disappointments.
By Associated Press
Austin, Tex., May 16.—After a spir-
ited contest Wichita Falls was select-
ed as the next place of meeting over
LaGrange at today’s closing session
of the State Volunteer Firemen's As-
SUED DY GOVERNMENT
ment.
Dr. Cecil called upon his hearers to
recognize the supremacy of Christ in
all affairs of the Kingdom and to ob-
serve the estimate of the Head of the
Church as to the value of results.
Christ did not encourage the spectacu-
lar in religious work, he said, and
sociation. A resolution was adopted
TO STOP CREVASSE, condemning the law creating the
state insurance board law on the
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, May 16.—The Mississip ‘
River commission today decided to
spend up to $100,000 toward closing
the Amelia crevasse on condition that
the property owners interested
tribute one-half. ■ 1 -
con-
TEXAS EDITORS BEGIN®
CONVENTION AT TEMPLE
Largest Opening) Attendance in Five
Years—Addresses of Welcome
Are Delivered.
By Associated Press.
Tempte, Tex.. May 16.—With the
largest opening attendance in five
ground that it destroys competition,
and recommending repeal of the law.
H. W. Spreckles of LaGrange was
elected president.
“Won By a Landslide.” %
A message received by the Times
from Chief Stampfli early this after-
noon stated that Wichita Falls won
over LaGrange by a landslide, the
South Texas contestant giving up be-
fore the count was half over.-
This Is not the, first time Wichita
Falls’ has tried to bring the firemen
here, Invitations hiving been extend-
ed at previous- conventions. Other
cities were selected however, and it
was not until the last minute that
. . the power to perform miracles was
Civil Anti Trust Suit Brought. At Pitts-granted only temporarily to only a few
burg Today, Charging Sherman in the apostolic age.
Law Violations. I . i „. .
I Moreover; he continued, “this or-
By Associated Press. . . der of work 18 misleading. The mul-
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anti trust suit against th« Aluminum n 1.___..
„ . 2 .... pastor knows from sad experience
Company of America which will be the that not infrequently after the visiting
basis for an agreed decree detained to preachers are gone and the choir has
restrain the so-called trust from mo-been dissolved and the crowds have
nopolizing the-manufacture of alum-disappeared, the devils which it was
Inum. In a petition in equity the U.S. supposed had been driven out, return
court the company is charged with in greater number and the last stage
being a monopoly restraining inter of his church is worse than the first."
state and foreign commerce. It is de-1 ___________________
clared to have acquired a substantial
control of the aluminum industry in ppPIDI ICAN PARTY IQ
the U. S. and to have charged unrea- DETUDLIVAN TADIT ID
sonable high prices and profl is on its unuiranry 111 1 AI II AI 1M1
products Dissolution of the corpora- NUNENITY IN LUUISIANA
ation Is not sought but the court Is -
asked to issue broad injunction against - —
unlawful contracts, combinations con- Lutes its Franchise On Account of
spiracies and practices. ( Small Number of Votes Cast In
-------------------------- . Election.
Mrs. J. E. Stevens is Plaintiff in Action
Brought This Morning in District
/ Court.
Jas. E. Stevens for hla wife Ivy
Stevens, has filed suit against the
City of Wichita Falls for $3,000 dam-
ages for injuries sustained on or about
February 10, 1912. alleged to have
been caused by a defective sidewalk
on Seventh street between Lee street
and the Fort Worth ami Denver
tracks. +
The plaintiff alleges that the side-
walk where the accident happened
was woru down on each aide, being
with the level of the remainder of the
walk only at the center, and that on -
each side the walk was worn and.full
of holes. She further alleges that a
ditch waa dug to and under the walk
at this worn place and that on the
night of February 10 while walking
she fell into it severely injuring her-
self, or as stated in the complaint
"The muscles, ligaments, nerves and
tendons of her neck, shoulders, spine,
back, hips, kidneys and arms were
greatly injured, bruised, lacerated and
sprained."
The’ complaint further alleges that
there were no lights at the place or
other warning of danger. • -
PYTHIANS TO MEET IN
CORPUS CHRISTI IN 1913.
five
Wichita Falls became a candidate for VpAuADu A - INION
the 1913 meeting After Chief Stam FTTUONATTIIUAL, UNIUN
board raised for foreign mission
work $580,000 of Its apportionment
of $600,000 for the year, but a deficit
of $60,000 was reported. The report
showed that during the past year mis-
sion work in China, Japan, Italy, Afri-
ca. Brazil, Argentina and Mexico was
In China it now has about 140 mis-
sionaries, besides a number of na-
tive helpers; in Japan there are 18
not be made at such figures.
Values of oil leases, pipe -lines, ma-
chinery, etc., connected with the oil -
field together with the Increased val- missionaries; in Italy.62. in tricar
ues from buildings and personal prop-
erty at Electra are expected to hold
the total assessed value in the county
this year up to last year’s total and
— probably more. Assessor Robertson
cannot vet make any definite estimate
of the total,but believes it will not
fall below $17,000,000.
He says there has been a great fall
ing off in the values of personal prop-
* erty, such as cattle, horses and other
livestock and bad it not been for the
developments at Electra the total
would have dropped from half to %
million dollars in the county.
years the Texas Press Association
here today in it's annual gathering
which will last three days and tops off
with an excursion to Galveston. The
forenoon session was given over to
addresses of welcome and prelimina-
ries. President J. A. Thomas, of Min-
eola delivered his annual address this
afternoon. E. St. Elmo Lewis of De-
troit addressed the meeting on "How
To Sell Space and Serve the Advertis-
RIGHESON EVIDENTLY 0
READY TO MEET FATE.
NO HEAT INSPECTION i
INQUIRY AT PRESENT
1 ' House Committee will Not Make Rec
• Commendations in Spite of Recent
Disclosures.
-
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 16.—The House
committee on expenditure in the agri-
culture department postponed Indefi-
nitely action on the Nelson resolution
• to instigate meat Inspection inquiry.
At the hearing on the resolution charg-
ee had been made against the service.
11; in Brazil, 44; in Mexico 33, and
In Argentina 15. The report recom-
mended that new and larger empha-
sis be Disced upon the missionary ed-
ucational institutions of the For-
eign board. It already conducts sev-
erai theological and either schools
Boston,.May 16. — No inmate of
Charlestown state prison gave War-
den Bridges less trouble than Jid C
in connection with its work in var-
ious countries. But it is being felt
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SUGAR REFINERIES ARE
CLOSED DOWN BY FLOOD
Both Manufacturing and Farming In-
terests Buffer Heavily From Cre-
vasse Waters. 1
By Associated Press.
Plaquemine, La. May 16. —Eighty
per cent of the area of Abbeville par-
ish Is now flooded by the water from
the Torras crevasse and the Atcha-
falya river just below Mellville. Of
the 4101000 acres comprising the par-
ish,., about 40 percent is open farm
land. There are several sugar refin-
eries in the parish, some being among
the largest in the state, with a ca-
pacity of 1000 tons a day. The closing
of these trermneries and other indus.
tries will throw 15,000 men out of em-
ployment. %
V. T. Richeson, poisoner of Avis Lin-
nell. Since bis arrival from the Charles
street jail to the death house in the
prison the former clergyman, who is
sentenced to die next week, has pre-
served the calmest demeanor and, sub-
mitted to discipline with perfect com-
posure.
As Richeson is of a highly emotion-
al and nervous nature his self posses-
sion is a puzzle to his guards and the
authorities. As reports of alienists
employed by Governor Foss have not
yet been filed and his case has not
been submitted to the executive count
cil, those who are watching the prise
oner believe he may still hold some
hope of reprieve or commutation.
Again, he may have become resigned
to his fate and stands ready to die in
expiration of his crime. Which view
is sustaining him is a question no ore
seems able to answer.
Late today Richeson asked the pris-
on chaplain to get several books of a
religious/nature for him. Those the
chaplain procured' from the prison li-
brary, He declined forgive the titles
of the volumes. The dally papers
were also supplied to the prisoner.
The executive council 1 met (today,
but the Richeson matter was not
brought up.
fit and the others from this city
reached Austin, they decided to put
their hats in the ring and made a
whirlwind campaign that was success-
fui today. - >
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FIVE- DISTRICT MEETINGS
, OF REPUBLICANS TODAY.
By Associated Press.
Dallas,-Tex. May 16.—Republicans
are- holding five district conventions
in Texas today to name two delegates
each to the national convention at
Chicago. Four district conventions
will be- held tomorrow and Saturday
by which time the Republicans will
have held conventions in all of Tex-
as’ sixteen districts. Three of these
conventions have given uninstruct id
delegates.
SAYS ARCHBALD CAME
TO HIM FOR ASSISTANCE
Railroad Attorney is Witness in Hear-
ing of House Committee This '
Morning.
HERE ELECTS OFFICERS
Members Also Ballot for Officers of
International Organization.
y Wednesday.
Local No. 505 of the International
Typographical Union yesterday elected
the following officers for the local- for
the ensuing twelve months:
By Associated Press
Washington, May 16.—Geo. Brow- .
nell, chief of Erie railroad counsel, ■ .Roberts, 4: ParZ.
witness in the Archibald hearing, to-
day told of a visit from Archbald last
year. ,
"Archbald stated he was endeavor-
ing to clear up the title to certain
property near Scranton,” said Brow-
nell. "The judge said he knew none
of the general officers of the Erie ex-
cept myself and had taken the lib-
erty to ask me who might be the
proper person to see. 1 think’ the
judge said he was to bold court in
New York that day and that he drop-
ped in to get the information. 1 never
granted him any favors unless my in-
troducing him to Mr. Richardson of
the Erie was a favor.”
By Associated Press.
Baton Rouge, La., May 16.—As a
party, the Republican party no longer
exists in Louisiana today, its franchise
being lost when the official returns iff
the April election were read in the
joint session of the general assembly
today. Only 4961 votes were cast for
the Republicans and as this is less
. J than 10 per cent required by the law.
the organization no longer exists. The
only way the names of nominees can
be placed on the ticket is by petition
as has been the case with independent
candidates. The forfeiture of the fran
chaise also prevents the party from
availing itself of the provisions of the
primary I law.
President, J. L. Dean; vice president,
W. A. Bachman; secretary-treasurer, 1
D. C. Walker; sergeant at-arms, S. F.
Green. , — 1
Balloting for officers for the Inter-
national Union was conducted at the
same time. Six votes were-cast for
James M. Lynch for president Fred
Barker, Lynch’s opponent received no
votes. J, W. Hays of Minneapolis also
received six votes for secretary. 1
The ballot for the other Internation-
al officers stood: Gov. Sanders of Louisiana Sends Spe-
bFor delegate to A. F. of L., Morrison, clal Message to Legislature on
6; Hayes, 6; McCullough, 5; Stvenson, Subject.
5; Bonnigton, 1; Rodiguez, 1. “ I
For trustees Union Printers’Home-"nato Roue Ch May 16.—Gov. J
Anna Wilson. 4: Powell, 1; Wood, 6: Y. Sanders today sent a special mes-
Nichols, 3: Gloster, 2; Criswell, 2; Me-sageito the Louisiana General Assem
Ree. Ames, i. bly reciting the disasters which hive
For agent Union Printers’ Home—been visited upon the State by the Mis
WILL REMIT TAXES IN
FLOODED DISTRICTS
By Associated Press.
Waco, Tex., May 16.—The grand
lodge Knights of Pythias of Texas will
meet in Corpus Christi next year. The
grand lodge is still in session this after- '
noon. 1 L.
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GROSS PISTOL TAX IS i —
UPHELD BY HIGHER COURT,
Austin, Tex., May 16,-The Third
Court of Civil Appeals upheld tho con-
stitutionality of the act of the Legis-
lature, which imposes a tax of 50 per
cent of the gross sales of pistols and
revolvers. A local firm, Caswell &
Smith, had resisted the payment of
the tax and the state sued for penal-
ties. It recovered judgment in the
trial court, where the law was sustain-
ed, and today the Court of Appeals af-
firmed the judgment. The opinion has
not been handed in as yet, though the
affirmance was announced from the
bench. -
There were no written opinions in
the Supreme Court to day, that tribunal
devoting itself to the applications for
writs of error and motions for rehear-
ing.
BENSON LITTLE WELL
IS BEING PUMPED TODAY
..___1 1 issippi flood and recommending that
ATLANTA PRESSMEN teh taxes for 1912 on real estate and
BACK AT WORK TODAY. Personal property in the inundated ter
— - ' i—- ' I ri tory be remitted. :
By Associated Press. 1 .
Atlanta, Ga., May 16.—After having GOOD ROADS CONGRESS 19
been out of the Atlanta Georgian sinces Now AT NEW ORLEANS
last Saturday the pressmen of that pal _____-
per returned to work at 9 o'clock this By Associated Press.
morning. i New Orleans, May 16.—The Fifth
. - -National Good Roads Congress open
REPUBLICANS MEET . led here for # four days’ meeting.
AT HOUSTON TODAY.’
By Associated Press.
Houston, Tex., May 16.—The Eighth
Congressional District Republican con
vention met at noon today. The roll
shows instruction from seven of the
nine counties for Roosevelt.
President Arthur C. Jackson of Chi-
cago presiding. He fears the report
of high water conditions may keep
Production Will Be Known By Tomor-
row—Packer Put In New Fisher __
Tract Well.
The Benson and Little well, on the
Douglas tract at Electra Is being put
on the pump today, and by tomorrow It
is expecte I to learn what the well will
produce.
It is showing for 75 barrels. The
well is at the northeast corner of the
townsite and the sand now to be pump-
edis the 1100 foot. -.
The well on the Fisher land south-
east of Electra has been baled and the
some of the delegates from the north ■
and east away but stated this would packer is being put in. Reports from
not affect the success and object of Electra today say that the well is show-
the convention. Ing for about 150 barrels.
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Donnell, B. D. Wichita Daily Times. (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 16, 1912, newspaper, May 16, 1912; Wichita Falls, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1663102/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.